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Clark Jarrold

Partner, Audit & Assurance, Financial Reporting & Accounting

IFRS & Corporate Reporting

Government & Public Sector

Executive Summary

Executive summary

Clark is an Audit & Assurance Partner with BDO in Brisbane. He is a specialist advisor on the implementation and implications of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including advisory on applying Accounting Standards and helping clients resolve their more complex accounting problems. He has prepared expert reports and independent determinations arising from disputes involving accounting matters.

Clark has over 30 years’ experience as a chartered accountant, auditor, and adviser.

Expertise

  • External audit
  • Financial accounting and reporting
  • IFRS advisory
  • Statutory reporting
  • Compliance reviews
  • Investigating accountant’s reviews

Experience

Government and public sector

  • Advice on accounting and financial reporting compliance to various councils and/or their auditors
  • Review of financial reports for compliance with requirements (including Accounting Standards) for a local council and a local government-owned water corporation
  • Advice to various other government entities, including government-owned corporations, on a wide range of accounting issues, including accounting for asset reorganisation and transfer.

Natural resources

Advisory on:

  • Business combination accounting, including reverse acquisitions and reorganisations
  • Accounting for divestment and/or demergers
  • Asset recognition and impairment.

Various sectors

Advisory on:

  • Accounting for share-based payments and financial instruments
  • Preparing financial reports
  • Preparing directors’ reports, including remuneration reports.

Qualifications and affiliations

  • Bachelor of Business
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Registered Company Auditor

Professional engagements and activities

  • Presenting on financial reporting topics at both client and industry seminars.